What will immediately show an investor that you are not ready for funding?

Apparent untrustworthiness through exotic future profitability claims.

A multiple business priority list is never seen as strategic, since the more items on the list, the less the importance of each.

Cash flow casualness: thinking of business as sales minus costs and expenses, which equal profits. No SME spends profits in a business. SMEs spend cash so understanding cash flow is vital.

A lack of demonstrated commitment by applicants.

A lack of reinvestment: all profits have been taken by the directors

Not mentioning the level of stakeholder investment

INVESTMENT READY

Armed with a Funding Proposition which includes a business plan, financial history, marketing strategy and overall supporting evidence an SME has invested a huge amount of time, resource and cost with little guarantee of success in achieving any funding.

What you need to know at the earliest stage possible is the answer to the single most important question: “Am I investment ready?”

Based on many decades of experience in presenting propositions to high net worth individuals and investing organisations Capital Brokers can determine whether or not you are ready to approach funding sources. If you are not yet ready we will define the steps that you must take in order to achieve a state of investment readiness.

The assessment and advice is free of charge. We have found that without guidance an SMEs success rate of getting any funding whatsoever is 17%. Using our services this can be raised to 50%.

To ensure you are investment ready and to start the process for securing funding for your business, contact us today